Enigma by Charles Parkhill. Courtesy of the artist.
Understated yet profound, sculptor Charles Parkhill’s solo show is one of three current exhibitions eminently worth checking out at the Dunedin Fine Art Center (DFAC). A graduate of the University of South Florida and the University of Utah/Salt Lake City, Parkhill crafts large-scale, abstract wood sculptures that [...]

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The lineup for October’s Ringling International Arts Festival features New York cabaret sensation Meow Meow. Meowmeowrevolution.com.
The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, in partnership with the Baryshnikov Arts Center in New York, announces the first Ringling International Arts Festival, scheduled to take place in Sarasota this October. The festival, which runs Oct. 7-11, features [...]

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Ann-Marie Manker, Hummingbirds. myspace.com/cheddarbunny
On Friday, [5]art presents the first in a series of exhibitions from contemporary art galleries around the country where the Tampa collective’s work will be shown later this year. Fever Fakers, featuring five artists from Young Blood Gallery in Atlanta, is particularly notable for its fine examples of figurative drawing and [...]

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Artist Brandon Dunlap at REAX Space.
The historic district’s visual arts cred just went up a notch, thanks to the launch of two new art venues: REAX Space, a boutique for artists’ prints, t-shirts and other products that also houses offices for the popular music magazine, and Arts On Ninth, a nacent community arts center. [...]

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Dominique Labauvie, Firecloud, 2009, Steel, 21 X 21 X 5 in. Courtesy Blue Acier.

Bleu Acier announced last night that French sculptor Dominique Labauvie has received a Gottlieb Foundation grant for 2009. Labauvie, who lives in Tampa, will be featured in an exhibit at the gallery opening May 23.

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One of my favorite art critics, the New York Times’ Holland Cotter, has won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for criticism. Click here to read his bio and articles, including this one on the New Museum’s Younger Than Jesus triennial, this one about women artists in China, and this, on Jorge Pardo’s redesign of LACMA display [...]

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Photo by Marina Williams
Photographer extraordinare and ARTpool owner Marina Williams has posted some beautiful people pics from the St. Pete gallery/boutique’s one year anniversary party on Flickr. Check ‘em out. Congrats to Marina and company for a great first year!

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Oil painting by Kimberly Adams
The University of South Florida’s MFA grads are having an End of the Semester Studio Sale in anticipation of summer vacation. Snag affordable art by up-and-coming artists. Facebook users, click here to find out more and peruse pics.
Wed., Apr. 29, 2-5 p.m.
FAS Grad Studios (Located in the small building just north [...]

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Wondering what you can do to keep state funding coming for arts, cultural, humanities and historical grants? The Florida Cultural Alliance has released a handy how-to email with instructions for contacting your state congress members, reprinted below.
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Florida Cultural Alliance
Saturday, April 18, 2009
URGENT STATE BUDGET ALERT !!!!!!!!
Help Keep Arts & Culture in the State Budget
Please see [...]

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The Clearwater Public Art and Design Program is seeking submissions of extant sculptures for the second exhibition of Sculpture360: Art in the Cleveland Street District Outdoor Gallery. Three works will be selected for public display in the median of the city’s downtown main street and will be on exhibition from August 2009 to July 2010. [...]

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Leslie Fry. Detail of Towards. Painted plaster, 12” x 18” x 3”. Image courtesy of the artist.
This weekend roundup goes out with special happy birthday wishes to ARTpool! (see Saturday)
Friday
5:30-8:30 p.m. – Opening reception for Alternative Vistas: New and Recent Work by Creative Clay Artists at Creative Clay.
6-8 p.m. – Opening reception for [...]

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An article in this morning’s St. Petersburg Times outlines efforts by state Sen. Ronda Storms (R-Valrico) and a state congressman to ban a program that requires state-funded building projects to devote half a percent, up to $100,000, of their costs to public art. While the ailing economy provides a handy rationale for such a cut, [...]

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